The regulations on Energy for Transport only allow the use of sustainable biofuels. Companies may only claim deliveries of biofuels in the Registry Energy for Transport if they meet the European sustainability criteria. The sustainability criteria apply to liquid and gaseous biofuels
Please note: the information available on this page is only relevant for 2018-2021.
Production chain certification
Certification is a key requirement for demonstrating that delivered biofuels meet the sustainability criteria. The entire production chain of biofuels must be certified by a voluntary scheme, which starts at the cultivation of feedstocks and ends at the companies that ultimately claim the deliveries of biofuels in the Registry Energy for Transport. The certification should relate to the specific location from which the delivery is made. Companies are required to operate a separate mass balance per certified location.
Companies may only use voluntary schemes that are recognised by the European Commission.
Sustainability claim when registering a claim
Once claimed, biofuel may not be delivered to another customer as sustainable biofuel; the sustainability claim expires when the delivery is claimed. For that reason, sustainability can only be redeemed as renewable energy units (HBEs) by a single party. This process is safeguarded by the claiming company listing the destination of the claimed biofuels as ‘NEa’ in the mass balance.
If a company cannot demonstrate the sustainability of biofuels, it will not be able to claim those biofuels in the Registry Energy for Transport and consequently will not receive any HBEs for those biofuels.
Reporting by the NEa
Each year, the NEa reports on the sustainability characteristics of the renewable energy that was claimed in the Registry Energy for Transport. This procedure takes place for the Netherlands as a whole and per claiming company of liquid biofuels. See also: Energy for Transport reports